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On This Day: August 17. by Emily Goldstein
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On This Day: August 17.

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Length 13 minutes
Language English
Narrators Kurt Heintz & Meg Matthais

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Summary

On This Day: August 17. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Births of Mae West, Robert De Niro, and Marcus Garvey; film Life of Brian premiers; Governor John White finds Roanoke colony abandoned

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